FKIE_CVE-2014-2270
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-03-14 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:06
Severity
Summary
softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | * | |
| php | php | * | |
| php | php | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.10 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.3 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 |
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